Behaim
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24.9.1960 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1 << prev in category - Western Family Names - next in category >>
Martin Behaim (1459-1507) was a German merchant, astronomer and cosmographer from Nürnberg. He traveled through Europe and became a Portuguese knight. He developed the earliest terrestrial globe, Erdapfel, or ‘Earth Apple’, with a diameter of about 50 cm.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. | ||
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